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Announcing The Orange Loop Rock Festival

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The Press Release:
LincStar Events is amped to announce the Orange Loop Rock Festival taking place at the Showboat Festival Grounds outside the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The weekend-long celebration of rock music and hair metal will feature iconic acts such as Stone Temple Pilots, Chevelle, Puddle of Mudd, Hoobastank, Hinder, John 5 and the Creatures, Stephen Pearcy, Great White, Doro, and more to be announced!

John 5 says “I’m super excited to play the Orange Loop Rock Fest in Atlantic City . With all these great acts – its gonna be a blast with all of the great fans… Lets get weird! See you soon.”
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Monsters Of Rock Cruise Announces 2022 Excursion

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The Press Release:
The annual Monsters of Rock Cruise, the world’s premier hard rock/heavy metal experience at sea, is returning in 2022 to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Departing out of Miami, Florida, promoter On The Blue announced the five-day/five-night full ship charter cruise will set sail February 9-14 aboard Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas, visit two ports in CocoCay, Bahamas and Labadee, Haiti, and features performances from rock icon Alice Cooper, along with performances from over 35 artists.

The public on-sale kicks off today (5/11) at 9:00 am ET, with cabins starting at $1,799.00 per person (double occupancy, not including mandatory taxes and fee supplement). For more info and booking, visit MonstersOfRockCruise.com and follow @MonstersOfRockCruise on Facebook and Instagram, and @MonstersCruise on Twitter.
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EMP Label Group Celebrates Dangerous Toys’ “Dirty 30” w Re-Issues

If you’re a fan of the band Dangerous Toys, then this recently received bit of correspondence should be right up your alley.


The Press Release:
Hard Rock legends **DANGEROUS TOYS** , who formed in Austin, TX in 1987, celebrate 30 years as a band in 2017, and EMP LABEL GROUP is celebrating with “Dirty Thirty” Remastered CD and LP reissues of the back-half of the band’s catalog including **PISSED, THE RTIST 4MERLY KNOWN AS DANGEROUS TOYS, AND XX: LIVE**.

Formed in 1987, with WATCHTOWER vocalist Jason McMaster, DANGEROUS TOYS released their classic Self-Titled release, and the follow up **HELLACIOUS ACRES** , via COLUMBIA RECORDS, before going independent for their follow up 1994’s **PISSED** , and 1995’s **THE RTIST 4MERLY KNOWN AS DANGEROUS TOYS.**

The band has since remained active for 30 years, playing shows and releasing a string of independent and live releases. Meanwhile McMaster also stayed busy in several other projects including **Broken Teeth, Ignitor** , and **Evil United** , who all have current and pending releases via EMP (Broken Teeth’s 4 on the Floor hit stores in April.)

Said vocalist Jason McMaster, “This stuff never came out on vinyl, I am blown away that it will finally happen. PISSED and R-TIST never really get the push they deserved. We were proud of the material and this worth celebrating. I can’t wait to get these myself”
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CANCELLED: Dangerous Toys @ Blackthorn 51

The Dangerous Toys show at Blackthorn 51 has been cancelled. Refunds are available at point of purchase.

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